In 2009 the Martinicup will not be held. De Go club Groningen has been toying with the idea to move the Martinicup from fall to spring for several years now. In fall, there are already a lot of tournaments, while spring doesn't have many serious tournaments Furthermore, Groningen is a city with many terraces, but november is not the best month for drinking a cold beer outside.

Because a lot of the members of the club put all their energy into organizing the European Go Congress, this year was deemed ideal to make the switch. So Groningen 2009 will only refer to the congress, and not to a martinicup

After the very nice weekend in Diever last year, we will be going back to tradition in 2009 by visiting an island. This year we're going to Giethoorn where we have our own private island in lake “Bovenwiede” (or “Bovenwijde”). Imagine yourself being Robison Crusoe together with a bunch of Fridays. Some people may remember this spot, we visited it in the year 1992 as well. On this page you will find some pictures from that time.